This video documents architectural lighting installation at Jakarta Cathedral, also known as Katedral Jakarta, in August 2024. Presented in Herwin Gunawan’s lighting design portfolio, it provides a record of the installation stage and a perspective on translating design intent into the experience of a sacred space.

Herwin compares lighting design to composing music and installation to performing it. The analogy expresses the connection between a creative concept and the care required to bring it into physical form, where light becomes part of an architectural and emotional experience.

Within a cathedral, this relationship invites consideration of how lighting can reveal architectural features, establish visual focus, and support an atmosphere for worship and contemplation. Spiritual and liturgical experience provide a meaningful context for understanding the purpose of light in the space.

For architects, lighting designers, installation teams, and those responsible for places of worship, this entry offers a project reference for considering the relationship between design, implementation, and sacred atmosphere.

Part of the Herwin Gunawan Work video library, this recording documents architectural lighting work at Jakarta Cathedral during August 2024.